新牛津译林版八年级英语上册UNIT 5 英语课外趣味阅读及练习题(含

UNIT5英语课外趣味阅读及练习题

课外趣味阅读

同义词趣味巧辨析

cost, expend, spend, take 这些动词均含“花费”之意。

cost : 指花费时间、金钱、劳力等。其主语是物，而不能由人充当，也不用被动形式。 expend : 较正式用词，通常指为某一专门目的而花费大量金钱、时间或精力。 spend : 普通用词，与cost基本同义，但主语必须是人。

take : 普通用词，指需要占用空间、时间或精力等，其主语可以是人，也可以是一件事情。 幽默故事

Be Careful What You Wish For

A couple had been married for 25 years and were celebrating their 60th birthdays, which fell on the same day.

During the celebration a fairy appeared and said that because they had been such a loving couple for all 25 years, she would give them one wish each.

The wife wanted to travel around the world. The fairy waved her hand, and Boom! She had the tickets in her hand.

Next, it was the husband‘s turn. He paused for a moment, then said shyly, \I‘d like to have a woman 30 years younger than me.\ The fairy picked up her wand, and Boom! He was ninety. 慎重许愿

一对结婚25周年的夫妻在庆祝他们六十岁的生日。他们恰好在同一天出生。

庆祝活动中，一位仙女出现了。她说，由于他们是已经结婚25年的恩爱夫妻，因此她给许给这对夫妻每个人一个愿望。

妻子想周游世界。仙女招了招手。“呯!”的一声，她的手中出现了一张票。

接下来该丈夫许愿了。他犹豫片刻，害羞地说，“那我想要一位比我年轻30岁的女人。” 仙女拾起了魔术棒。“呯!”，他变成了90岁。

练习题 （一）

Big Ben? It’s not the name of a person. It’s a famous 1 in London. It is part of a very big clock at the top of a tower (塔). The minute hands of the clock 2 more than four metres long. The clock has four 3 . You can see what 4 it is from any side (面). The name of the bell comes 5 Sir Benjamin Hall. The tower is about 150 years old. The bell makes a loud 6 every hour. On New Year’s Eve, millions of people listen to it on TV! 1. A. person B. bell C. place D. animal 2. A. are B. is C. have D. has 3. A. feet B. hands C. noses D. faces 4. A. time B. food C. weather D. place 5. A. for B. from C. at D. to

6. A. sound B. voice C. noise D. hearing

（二）

Australia has a lot of lovely animals. The most famous ones are kangaroos and koalas.

The kangaroo is the symbol of Australia. They have large eyes and ears. They don’t walk, they jump. They use their strong back legs. They can jump at up to 74 kilometres per hour. They can go over nine metres in one jump!

Kangaroo mothers have pouches (育儿袋) to carry their babies. The babies stay inside to get milk and keep warm. Kangaroos are everywhere in Australia. They are on TV, in books and in the shops. The government even wants to put them on passports (护照).

There are about 20 to 25 million kangaroos in Australia. That’s more than the number of people in the country! Some kangaroos go hungry because there is not enough

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